The market has been in stall mode for quite some time now. Even though the S&P perked up some on Friday it's still hanging out near levels seen in early January, going nowhere fast.
At the same time the market has had all kinds of reasons to totally collapse; tariff wars, Fed tightening, rising US dollar, to name a few. Yet the S&P is back above all key technical levels, waiting for any bit of good news to move it into high gear. And where might that good news come from? Earnings.
For sure there's actually no way of telling if the huge blast of earnings reports that start coming out this week and will last for a solid month will jolt the market higher. But expectations have been tempered some so any meaningful, positive surprises could do the trick starting with the Financial Sector which has been one big disappointment all year long. For example, take a look at the chart below on $XLF which represents the financial sector which is right near its bottom for the year.
This chart pretty much sums up why the Dow and S&P have gone nowhere fast all year long; the banks, which were expected to benefit nicely from the Fed's rate raising policy, have not lived up to the promise. In fact, the opposite has occurred. So ANY positive surprises, starting with Citigroup, JP Morgan, PNC and Wells Fargo that report earnings this Friday, could help to turn the tide.
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